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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Moving KMail, KNode, Korn and related libraries to kdepim
From:       Dirk Mueller <mueller () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-01-14 20:35:35
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On Die, 14 Jan 2003, Zack Rusin wrote:

> - smtp, pop3, nntp, imap4 slaves are being moved to kdelibs.

eh, why ?

We had them in kdebase, then they were moved to kdelibs, then to kdenetwork, 
and now back to kdelibs ?

People, this "we move it around" has a cost, and its not small, and its 
unnecessary as well. 

It doesn't matter much where the kioslaves are, because they're not needed 
at compile time. They're only needed at *runtime*. The dependencies for 
*runtime* are the problem of the *distributors* who will probably split the 
stuff up anyway. Our CVS modules are far too monolithic to be usable for 
*users* (Classic example: who wants kpovmodeler just because he wants to use 
kiconedit?). 

so before we move it around yet another time, let me suggest to create a 
separate module for them. We can then map the directories into any module we 
want at a fixed, minimal cost. We should have done that years ago. 

The same probably applies to kmail, which could very well be its own 
toplevel module with all its branches nowadays. 


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Dirk (received 599 mails today)
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